Workers from S11 @ Punggol said their dormitories were unsanitary

Six workers interviewed by ST from S11 dormitory @ Punggol, which has now been isolated as a health measure, said that the rooms are "infested with cockroaches" and the "toilets are overflowing."

They added that they had to queue up for food with no safe distancing measures.

In his post, Koh said:

"Singapore should treat this as a wake up call to treat our indispensable foreign workers like a First World country should and not in the disgraceful way in which they are treated now."

He added that he felt angry when he saw foreign workers sitting on the ground to eat lunch, and said he saw exhausted foreign workers lying on the ground to rest.

The post, which has garnered over 1,000 reactions, can be seen below:

Could become "petri dish"

Donald Low, former associate dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, referred to the same ST article and said that if not managed properly, the dormitories could become Singapore's version of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which saw people staying close together experience a high number of Covid-19 cases.

Said Low:

"If not managed properly, the FW dorms could become our Diamond Princess, which was described as a "petri dish" for the virus. About 700 people out of the 3,711 people on board the Diamond Princess tested positive."

You can see the post below:

Health and safety measures introduced

According to Manpower Minister Josephine Teo in a press conference on Apr. 5, the government has in fact implemented some health and safety measures at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak.

However, it has stepped up safe distancing measures to stagger meal times and recreation hours, and put in place measures to restrict "intermingling" between blocks.

After the announcement of the sharp rise in cases in S11 and Westlite Toh Guan dormitories on Apr. 5, Teo announced more measures.